Monthly Archives: November 2012

Anyone who is following these posts with the Dawson Creek & District Horticultural Society’s handy map and pamphlet in hand will quickly see we didn’t visit the gardens in order!

Next up (for us) were the extensive gardens of Karen Wetherhill. A resident of a local trailer park, Karen puts to bed any misconceptions about there not being enough space for a wildly productive and attractive garden on rental pads. She has made creative use of fences, containers, flower beds and tends a huge vegetable garden in the back. The results of her committment and incredible green thumb skills were inspiring to say the least.

Prepare to be impressed…

A birdbath with a picturesque sprinkling of rich purple delphinium petals provides a perfect accent for this vibrantly colored corner.

Multiple shades of lobelia and begonia brighten up a shady wall

Loved this Inukshuk…the flowers are pretty nice too!

Pathway planters spill over with colorful blooms

A plain old plastic watering can becomes anything but when its filled with colorful annuals.

The fence offers privacy as well as a canvas for Karen’s artful arrangement of planted boots while the bin below erupts in colorful blooms.

A snippet of lattice from the fence is an innovative yet simple way of connecting this lush container box to its surroundings.

One of the nicest, neatest and most productive vegetable gardens I saw all summer!

So nice I want you to look at it twice! What a picture perfect vegetable patch…I love a good plot.

Like this:

The Dawson Creek & District Horticultural Society held their annual Garden Tour & Tea on Sunday July 29, 2012 and as always it was spectacular. Thank you to the organizers and, of course, the gardeners who flung open their gates to let us peek, sniff and dream!

The first garden we stopped at was the picturesque home of Heidi and Charles Kux-Kardos. I have long admired the colorful flowers that weave their way in and out of the perfect picket fence that surrounds their property, so it was great to get a chance to see inside.

Heidi and Charles’s yard is surrounded by massive spruce trees providing welcome shade on hot summer afternoons as well as greenery during our long winters.

A large vegetable patch provides garden fresh produce as well as nibbles for George the pet rabbit! A sign generously encouraged visitors to help themselves to the raspberries!

Soft blue delphiniums look great against the white siding.

A picture perfect sunflower!

Here is just a glimpse of all the flowers that run along both sides of the picket fence on this massive corner lot. Just gorgeous!

The garden is obviously a welcome haven for grandchildren as well as flowers and trees. Some of the grandkids were on hand selling handmade bracelets that were as beautiful as they were…I bought three!